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charismathics inks 5-year software contract with the US government

September 19, 2012by Leave a comment

charismathics has been awarded a 5-year supply contract for PKI middleware in the US defense sector. The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) tendered for the ongoing supply of PKI software and hardware components in 2011, and has awarded charismathics to supply the next generation PKI clients for military personnel and contractors using smart card technology…

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What’s the deal with PIV cards? Is it just U.S.?

May 24, 2010by Steve Atkins1 Comment

By Sven Gossel, charismathics In August 2004, US President George Bush signed a presidential directive that requested a standard for secure identity documents, issued by the US federal government to federal employees and contractors. That standard, called FIPS 201, was issued in February 2005 and specifies all aspects of the Personal Identity Verification processes and…

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